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From the Files of the Lake Andes Wave

10 YEARS AGO

2015

Dennisha Johanneson and Alexander Evans were honored for making the Spring President’s List at Mitchell Technical Institute.

Bryant Thomas Soulek qualified for the Iowa State University Dean’s List.

The Lake Andes girls’ softball team played four home games in one week, losing three and winning one.

20 YEARS AGO

2005

The local Modern Woodmen of America Youth Service Club helped put on a raffle, raising and donating $1050 to benefit Leon and Dorothy Thaler through the organization’s matching funds program.

25 YEARS AGO

2000

Fort Randall Castle Unit #282 Auxiliary held a 40th Anniversary celebration at the Rainbow Room in Pickstown.

The United States Supreme Court will not hear the appeals case by either the Yankton Sioux Tribe or the State of South Dakota on the boundary issue of the Yankton Sioux Reservation.

45 YEARS AGO

1980

Big Jake won the Slow Pitch Tournament.

Mike Schermann was second place winner in the state competition in the American Legion Auxiliary sponsored Poppy Poster Contest.

Ron Francis was born to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Bechen.

55 YEARS AGO

1970

Terry Heider was the new manager at Lake Andes Farmer’s Co-op Elevator and John Kirwan was the new manager of the VFW Club.

There were 895 residents in Lake Andes, a decline of 202 from 1960.

Michele Leah was born to Thomas and Marlys (Krell) Skudlarczyk.

65 YEARS AGO

1960

Mail carriers reported seeing less pheasants. A small twister did damage at the Ralph Brooks farm. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kallas.

85 YEARS AGO

1940

Michael Howard, who lived on a farm at the north end of Lake Andes for 52 years, passed away. Howard Township was named after him.

95 YEARS AGO

1930

W.B. Gillreath topped the Sioux City Livestocks Market with 17 head of cattle weighing 1385 pounds each that sold for $12.75 per hundredth.

The science Nes Letter warned of grasshoppers coming to the Dakotas and Montana.

Lake Andes Gun Club won the State Championship.